If you don't focus so much on the at-times balky upgrade process, or difficulties tying all the pieces of iCloud together on Day One, you can see that iOS 5 will change once more the way we think of mobility.

The iPhone 4S will be available at Apple's 245 retail stores Oct. 14 and is now available on Sprint, as well as AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Meanwhile, Apple's new iOS 5 is scheduled to be available to current iPhone users Oct. 12.